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Bill Frisell

Sound · Born March 18, 1951 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City, where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011. Since the late 1990s, Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk, country, rock ‘n’ roll and Americana. He has six Grammy nominations and one win.

Movies with Bill Frisell

• AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (2023) — Self
• Inside Scofield (2022)
• Carmine Street Guitars (2018) — Self
• Music for Black Pigeons (2023) — Self
• Motian in Motion (2020) — Self
• A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn (2002) — Self
• Homeland: The Story of the Lark (2010)
• McCoy Tyner - Guitars (2008) — Guitar
• Even Hell Has Its Heroes (2023) — Self
• Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison (2017)
• Bill Frisell: A Portrait (2017) — Himself
• Bill Frisell Trio - Melbourne Jazz Festival 2017 (2017)